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Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSuess ponders what kind of games people are more likely to stream, The Geek Empress confesses a crazy love for bargain hunting, and Writing2Eddy explains why he turns off notifications when he’s playing games

Fresh Single-Player The Last Of Us Content Aimed At Year’s End

There’s an Abandoned Territories multiplayer map pack dropping for Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic masterpiece on October 15, but that’s not important right now. What is important, is new story-driven, single-player content coming to The Last of Us in December or January. I’m sure multiplayer fans will be pleased with the four new maps in the Abandoned…

Mega64 Knows What’s Better Than 7 Seconds Of Vine

The limitations of Vine resulted in a lot of smart ideas, but what if those 7 seconds are reduced even more? Here’s Mega64’s Grape Mega64: VINE IS DEAD [RoccoB64, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

The towtruck-train has arrived! Destination: Mount Chiliad. Apparently you can chain all these vehicles in GTA V if you use both the large and small towtrucks. Though I’d have used a police car at the back, with the sirens on (or an 18-wheeler) instead of an SUV. That would’ve been badass. Dayshot is an image-based…

It’s raining expansion packs. GOG, still celebrating its fifth birthday, has made the expansion packs for five classic Bullfrog games available for free. So, owners of Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper, Magic Carpet, Populous, or Populous: The Beginning, know that another small part of your childhood has now been restored.

Here’s four more deliciously noir screenshots for Contrast, the indie platformer where you’re a shadow on the wall… well, most of the time. Check them out below. The game itself will be arriving on November 15 for PC, PS3, PS4 and Xbox 360.

The Birth of Mega Man’s Successor

In four days, Mighty No. 9’s Kickstarter will come to an end and soon, development for Mega Man’s spiritual successor will be in full swing. But the Kickstarter isn’t where the story of Mighty No. 9 began. In this special, zeroth episode of the project’s making-of documentary, which takes place during the weeks leading up…

The Best Game Trailers Are Set To 80’s Power Ballads

After Saints Row 4, Stan Bush’s “The Touch” makes yet another appearance in a video game context—this time, the Shadow Warrior reboot’s launch trailer. And it is glorious. Indeed, Shadow Warrior is out and available, ready to be enjoyed by the blood- and old school FPS-hungry masses. It can be found on GOG, Steam and…

Second Life Turns 10, Gets Creepy Facelift

Yes, Second Life still exists. Yes, there’s enough money left in it to upgrade the engine. No, I don’t know anyone who has touched this thing since 2006 either, so if you find one, tell them they’re a very special little unicorn.

I Had No Idea Schwarzenegger Was In Skyrim

Come for the admirable attempt to recreate Predator using Skyrim. Stay for maybe the best Schwarzenegger impersonation I have ever heard. Especially since it’s not like there’s practice reference for the man saying “THROTHGARD!”. Skyrim At The Movies: PREDATOR – TYRANNICON [YouTube]

First-Person Shooters? I’ll Take A First-Person Scorer, Thanks.

I’m right in the middle of playing both FIFA 14 and PES 2014 (I’ll be comparing them here next week). But as I play them – and in particular the former, which is looking old – my mind drifts to what the football games of the next (or next) generation could/should look like. And I’m…

Don’t Laugh. Klingon And Elvish Are Real Languages.

You might think Lord of the Rings’ Elvish, Star Trek’s Klingon and Game of Thrones’ Dothraki are all just collections of silly words, but nope. They’re actual, real languages, no different from English, Spanish or Japanese. This TED Talk by John McWhorter explains why this is. It’s not just a collection of words that makes…

The Xbox One Can Trim Your Fat, That’s Why It Comes With Kinect

Until December 2014, everybody who gets an Xbox One will have free access to something called Xbox Fitness. Which is basically a collection of videos that use the Kinect’s sci-fi powers to help you lose the weight you accumulate playing all your other games. The vids appear to simply be pre-existing fitness productions, but tie…

The Best Game This Year Is Jumping Into Swimming Pools (And Failing)

You know the best thing about GTA V? It’s not the scale, the cars, the missions or the guns. It’s the fact there are swimming pools. And a brutal physics engine. This is the good Jackass game we never got. I had a lot of fun with the GTA physics… [thanks Will138!]

Thief Has An Old-School Homage Mission. Which Is DLC. Sigh.

Hey, here’s where there should be some good news! The upcoming Thief game, which already has people a little worried, thought it was doing the right thing by including a mission that was a straight homage to Thief II’s bank heist. Which it immediately spoils by making it pre-order DLC. I’ve said before how awful…

We Already Know He’ll Have Mother Issues

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We Don’t Need A Metal Gear Movie. We’ve Already Got A Real Snake.

When the Metal Gear movie is done – if it’s ever done – it’ll be 17 hours long, 16 of which will be people talking about something you don’t quite understand. What a drag. So let’s watch this much shorter Metal Gear movie, made by one of the world’s best cosplayers, instead. The man in…

Star Citizen, You Just Keep Looking Better

You know, I think Chris Roberts’ pitch for Star Citizen probably went something like this: “Hey, I made Wing Commander, so I’m going to do that again. Oh, and also, Battlestar Galactica was awesome”. The game’s not out until the end of next year, at the earliest. Which is about the only bad news in…

Imagine If Skyrim Had Better Combat…

Once was a time, when you play games like Hexen and Heretic, that first-person shooters weren’t always about shooting. Sometimes they could be about throwin’ fireballs and castin’ spells. Lichdom is a return to those times, and a good-looking one at that. Though billed as an “action adventure”, and with RPG elements up to its…

One Last Crackpot Breaking Bad Theory… That Just May Be Right

The guns are loaded, the chips are on the table: Just three nights remain until we find out, once and for all, how Breaking Bad will end. Surely there’s room for just one… more… theory. You guys have already listed some great theories about how you think the show will end. This new one, from…